A Look at Psalm 119:24

Psalm 119:24 “Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.”
 

The statutes of God were the Psalmist’s delight! Are they yours? Do you find your delight in gaining your counsel from the explicit laws of God? A statute is a “law laid down.” It is unswerving. If you are not flexible, an unswerving law will break you. I once was driving past a church that had a sign on their front lawn that said, “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.” The statutes of God are established, divine orders, that cannot be altered. The only way they could be our delight is when we desire to line up our life with God.
 

The captain of a ship was noticing the light of another ship approaching him one foggy night. He radioed ahead, “Change your course.” The response came back, “You change your course.” This made the captain angry for he knew he was the biggest ship in the immediate waters. A second time he radioed, “You are on our course, change your course.” The response came back, “You change your course.” Finally, he identified himself and said, “This is the captain, change your course.” The response came back, “This is the lighthouse, change you course.”

God’s Word, His statutes, are the lighthouse for our lives. We often we try to get God to line up with our lives, our plans and dreams, instead of making our lives line up with Him. We say things like, “God, try to understand why I am the way I am” - while we should be saying, “God, help me to become what You want me to be.” We tend to think we are the center of life. We are not! The Word of God is the center of all things. Regardless of what we are going through, the Word of God stands true. 

Take some time today to pray over/through this, meditating on this verse. As you do, ask yourself if you can say with the Psalmist: “The statutes of God counsel me. His Word guides my life.”

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